Reclining-chair.



No. 890,454. PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908. E. J. ROBISONL RBGLINING CHAIR.

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UNITED STATES EDWARD J. ROBISON, OF LAOLEDE, MISSOURI.

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T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. ROBISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Laclede, in the county of Linn and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Reclining-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to reclining chairs and it has for its object to simplify and improve the construction and operation of this class of chairs.

A further and special object of the inven tion is to provide means for tilting and adjusting the seat of the chair when the latter is tilted to a reclining osition, to afford more perfect support for t 1e occupant and to avoid the sensation of slipping or sliding.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention; it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the invention may be resorted to when desired. The said drawing represents an elevation, partly in section of a barbers reclining chair constructed in accordance with the invention.

The body or frame 1 of the chair is sup orted by a pedestal 2 which is pivoted in a base 3. The leg rest or apron 4 and the back rest are hingedly connected with the frame or body of the chair, respectively adjacent to the front and rear ends of said frame or body and the said apron and back rest are connected by means of links constituting arm rests, one of which appears at 6.

The seat 7 is hingedly supported at 8, in termediate its front and rear ends, so that the said seat will be capable of rocking or tilting to the various positions indicated in full and in dotted lines in the drawing, and by which said seat is balanced from the center.

The frame or body of the chair is provided with a bearin bracket 9 upon which is fulcrumed a bell crank lever L, one arm of which, 10, is connected with the under side Specification of Letters Patent.

w s Application filed April 20, 1907.

Patented June 9, 1908.

Serial No. 369,292.

of the seat 7, adjacent to the front edge of the latter, by a link 11; the other arm 12 of the bell crank lever is connected with the underside of the apron or leg rest 4 by means of a link 13.

It will be readily seen from the foregoing description and by reference to the drawing, that when the back rest is tilted in a rearward and downward direction, to a reclining position, theleg rest or apron will be elevated, and at the same time the forward end of the seat will be tilted in an upward direction, thus sup orting the occupant of the chair against sliding in a downward and forward direction, and preventing the uncomfortable sensation of slipping which is apt to occur in reclining chairs of ordinary construction.

Havin thus fully described the invention, what is c aimed as new is 1. In a reclining chair the combination of a frame, a seat mounted on the frame for tilting movement, a back rest hinged to the frame at a point in rear of the same, a leg rest hinged upon the frame adjacent the front edge of the seat, links constituting arm rests connecting the back rest with the leg rest, bell cranks mounted on the frame and links connecting the arms of said bell cranks with the tilting seat and with the leg rest respectively.

2. In a reclining chair of the class described, a frame, a seat supported intermediate its front and rear edges for tilting movement upon the frame, a back rest hinged upon the frame in rear of the seat, a leg rest hinged upon the frame adjacent to the front edge of the seat, links constituting arm rests connecting the back rest with the leg rest, a bell crank lever pivoted upon the frame, and links connecting the arms of said bell crank with the tilting seat and with the leg rest, respectively.

3. In a reclining chair, the combination with a relatively stationary frame of a tilting seat, a tilting back rest, a tilting leg rest, links connecting the back rest with the leg rest, a bell crank lever fulcrumed upon the relatively stationary frame, and links connecting the arms of the bell crank respectively with the tilting seat and with the tilting leg rest.

4. In a reclining chair of the class described, a suitably supported relatively stationary frame having a bracket, a bell crank fulcrumed upon said bracket, a tilting seat supported upon the frame, a leg rest hinged In testimony whereof, I affix my signature upon the frame adjacent to the front edge i in presence of two Witnesses. 0

the seat, links conneetim the seat and the 7 leg rest With the arms of the bell crank, a EDWARD ROBISON' 5 back rest hinged upon the frame adjacent Witnesses:

to the rear edge of the seat, and links con- MAY JONES, necting the back rest with the leg rest. A. S. BYRD. 

